Asia's 50 Best Restaurants 2017 to be revealed in Bangkok on 21st February

Laura Price

08/12/2016

The votes have been counted and the brand new list is ready to be unveiled, so save the date: Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, will be announced at an awards ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday 21st February 2017.

Here are a few of our highlights from 2016:

1. The House on Sathorn

Beautiful colonial House on Sathorn will be home to the Asia's 50 Best Restaurants reception and party for a second year, with the adjoining W Bangkok hosting the awards ceremony.

4. The Chefs' Feast

Our annual banquet exclusively for the chefs and restaurateurs of Asia's 50 Best was held last year at The Never Ending Summer, a perfect location within the riverside Jam Factory complex.

5. Thai spices

Sharing platters at the Chefs' Feastincluded this vegetarian winged bean salad, as well as turmeric curry with chicken and fried salted threadfin and stir-fried local abalone with finger roots. All dishes were suitably spicy.

6. Team Japan

Japanese chefs posed with our Academy Chair Takanori Nakamura (left) at the Chefs' Feast, the night before finding out their positions on the list.

7. Thai bream

The chefs at the Feast enjoyed a main course of Thai bream in broth, followed by deep-fried chocolate dessert.

8. Awards ceremony

After a warm reception at The House on Sathorn, the chefs headed inside the WBangkokto find out their place on the list at the annual Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards ceremony.

10. Thai cocktail

Guests were greeted with a host of Thai snacks and drinks, including cha nom yean, a delicious combo of milk, Thai tea and black grass jelly.

11. Red carpet chefs on the list

Clockwise from left: Eelke Plasmeijer and Ray Adriansyah from Locavorein Bali; Maxime Gilbertand Richard Ekkebus from Amberin Hong Kong with Dave Pynt of Burnt Ends in Singapore; Zaiyu Hasegawa and the team from Denin Tokyo.

Who will be on the 2017 list?

12. #Winning

André Chiang strikes a pose during the awards ceremony – his Restaurant André was voted No.3 in Asia's 50 Best Restaurants as well as The Best Restaurant in Singapore, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna.

13. Team Gaggan

Gaggan Anand and his dream team held the top spot for a second year, this time taking the prize in their home country.

14. And the No.1 is...

15. After the after party

Chefs partied under the stars at The House on Sathorn then went on to a star-studded after party chez Gaggan, where the No.1 chef himself cooked a traditional Indian curry, with No.2 chef Yoshihiro Narisawa serving up the naan breads. It doesn't get much more exclusive than that.

Laura is responsible for all content across The World’s 50 Best Restaurants and The World's 50 Best Bars, including video, websites, live event coverage and the #50BestTalks thought-leadership series. After working for many years as a financial journalist, Laura joined the 50 Best team in 2014 with a view to combining her three main passions: food, travel and writing. Laura has a soft spot for Latin America and has lived in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and Ireland. She is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and is also a qualified translator.